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Javicia Leslie wears a pink string bikini while posing in a garden of flowers and vines. The image is repeated three times against a pink background.
Celebrities (Vapid Fluff)

No Filter: Literally What Is Not To Love About This Photo of Javicia Leslie

Plus, if I have said it once I have said it a thousand times: Keke Palmer is a 48-year-old Auntie in a 28 year old’s body and I! Love! It!

Christina Tucker July 13, 2022
A group of friends of varying genders taking group selfie.
Society + Culture

According to GLAAD, Social Media Companies Are Failing LGBTQ+ People

GLAAD released its 2022 Social Media Safety Index report, and all major social media networks – Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, TikTok, and YouTube – earned below a 50% score out of 100. They are literally failing the queer community.

Katie July 13, 2022 10 Comments
A lonely queer person in a button down and black suspenders, with slicked back blonde hair, looks on longingly in a black and white photo.
Society + Culture

Also.Also.Also: What to Do When You Get the ‘I’m Not Gay Enough’ Blues

“Raven’s Home” made history with the Disney Channel’s first trans character, the WNBA All Stars said “We are not going to stop until everyone understands how serious this really is,” and more to read.

Carmen Phillips July 12, 2022 9 Comments
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TV News & Trailers

2022 Primetime Emmy Nominations: All The Queer Humans and Characters Who Did Good Today

The 74th Annual Primetime Emmy nominations were announced this morning and there are tons of queer characters and people nominated — and lots of notable snubs, too!

Riese July 12, 2022 13 Comments
Pop Culture Fix

How Gay Is It? A Handy Visual Guide For Straights

Straight actors keep describing their projects as “very gay,” when they are, in fact, not! And so I have made a handy chart to help straights answer the question: How Gay Is It?

Heather Hogan July 12, 2022 21 Comments
a girl sits all alone, lonely, on the edge of a dock by the water
Life

You Need Help: My Parents Want Me to Respect My Sister’s Homophobic Religious Beliefs

How do I get my parents to see that neutrality in this situation feels like they’re rejecting me too?

Casey July 12, 2022 17 Comments
Our Wives Under The Sea by Julia Armfield features an ocean against a pink background.
LGBT Book Reviews

This Gay Ocean Horror Book Is So Good I Want To Scream

Our Wives Under The Sea is queer horror at its finest.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya July 12, 2022 10 Comments
Good Trouble Episode 410 Recap: Malika and Davia hold hands while talking
TV Show Recaps

“Good Trouble” Episode 410 Recap: What I Wouldn’t Give for Love

Has Angelica always been tepid about Malika’s polyamory? Yes. But this isn’t communicating. This is Angelica telling Malika about a decision that she’s already made based on fears that she hasn’t bothered to tell Malika about.

Natalie July 11, 2022 3 Comments
Anne Lister and Ann Walker in period costumes against a red background
Pop Culture Fix

Pop Culture Fix: “Gentleman Jack” Is Cancelled, Music Is No Longer Jaunty

Plus, first looks of Rosie O’Donnell in A League of Their Own, Florence Pugh freeing the nipple and taking down the patriarchy, a new Harley Quinn trailer, and more!

Valerie Anne July 11, 2022 15 Comments
Cast of the new Queer as Folk in a graphic atop a fuzzy image of the original cast
TV Reviews

I Wish Peacock’s “Queer as Folk” Season One Had Like 14 More Episodes

Peacock’s new “re-imagining” of Showtime’s “Queer as Folk” is brimming with promise, exuberance and sex that is both groundbreaking and incredibly hot — and what I found myself wanting from the show was simply more of it.

Riese July 11, 2022 21 Comments
Like Other Girls by Britta Lundin features a white girl with short blonde hair sitting on bleachers. The image is repeated three times.
LGBT Book Reviews

This Sporty Queer YA Novel Is the Best Book I’ve Read in Years

In last year’s Like Other Girls, Britta Lundin creates a heartwarming depiction of queer mentorship and intergenerational queer friendship.

Casey July 11, 2022 21 Comments
Against a lavender background, on the bottom right corner of the image, there is a black line drawing of two women with 1950s hairstyles whispering to each other. In the upper left corner, there is a speech bubble. Inside the speech bubble, there is an image of a white person in a white crop top wearing black latex underwear against a pink background.
Sex Toys

Lorals Latex Underwear Gave Me Minimal Pleasure and Maximal Wedgies

And as the latex was rolling in on itself, it took any hair on my body with it, so I got the bikini wax I never asked for.

Guest July 11, 2022 7 Comments
The author Chris Belcher is a white lesbian with brown shoulder length hair and bangs, and she is wearing a black shirt under a white blazer.
Book Features

Chris Belcher on “Pretty Baby,” Dungeon Dynamics, and the Expansiveness of Queer Sex

“I always envisioned this book as something that would allow me to talk about how I got to know masculinity as an adult through sex work and reflect back on how I came to know masculinity from the time I was younger.”

Drew Burnett Gregory July 11, 2022 3 Comments
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Quizzes Theater

Quiz: Which Horror Musical Are You?

I am exhilarated, thrilled, absolutely gobsmacked at how horror musicals have gotten me through this pandemic.

A. Tony Jerome July 10, 2022 4 Comments
Book Lists

12 Self-Published LGBTQ Books To Bring to the Beach This Summer

Find sweet, steamy, and escapist reads in this list of self-published romance books to throw in your beach or pool bag this summer.

Sarah Wallace July 10, 2022 8 Comments
a bidet with water shooting up out of it
First Person

My Girlfriend Installed My Bidet While I Cheered Her On: A Love Story

After the powerful stream of water was done ricocheting off my asshole, I turned the bidet off and gave my girlfriend a standing ovation. 

Vanessa July 9, 2022 13 Comments
Against a light blue background, two friends try to work out their pronouns. Both friends are people of color, one has a blue mullet and one has dark curly hair. They celebrate as they try out a "she/sir!"
Webcomics

Reine #36: Figuring It Out

Wake up lads, new lesbian gender just dropped.

Ren Strapp July 9, 2022 15 Comments
In Stranger Things, Robin and Vickie — two queer white teens in the 1980s, with short hair, Vickie is a redhead and Robin is a brunette — stand next to each other while making Peanut Butter and Jelly sandwiches in a shelter. They are smiling and laughing, and the sunlight shines between them.
TV Show Recaps

Boobs on Your Tube: Is “Stranger Things” Really Giving Us a 1980s Teen Lesbian Happy Ending?

Plus updates on For All Mankind and don’t forget to watch the WNBA All-Star game this weekend!

Valerie Anne July 8, 2022 10 Comments
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Celebrities (Vapid Fluff) Queer Fashion

100 LGBTQ+ Women, Nonbinary and Transmasc Celebrities Killing It In Suits

Whether you’re looking for eye candy or fashion inspo, here’s 100+ lesbian, bisexual, queer and/or trans women, nonbinary people and trans men looking great in suits!

Riese July 8, 2022 26 Comments
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Straddleverse

The Comment Awards Are Sitting in a Lesbian Sports Bar

“I was at the first Sacramento Monarchs game, so technically I remember the WNBA before Sue Bird. I still have my souvenir ticket!”

Darcy July 8, 2022 4 Comments
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